Exclusive | NYC realtor goes viral for brutally honest apartment tour: You win and the landlord loses

He’s keeping it real!A Brooklyn real estate agent gave prospective tenants a brutally honest assessment of a Bushwick landlord during a recent tour.“Frank is a sh-tty ass landlord,” Theo Eastwind told the group touring a Willoughby Avenue two-bedroom pad in a hilarious video that has since gone viral.“He does not like to do anything,” Eastwind added, walking around the empty bedroom as people inspected the apartment and peered out its windows.“He has a goon that does, you know, some of his work … The guy’s a shinebox,” he said, using a phrase from the mob hit “Goodfellas.”If there’s a serious issue, like the boiler breaks or there’s a leak in the ceiling, the landlord will fix that, the Capri Jet Realty agent added. “But if you’re expecting to call the landlord and say, ‘Hey, I saw a roach,’ he’s gonna be not even responding to you.”Bait traps could be seen strewn along the wall behind Eastwind.He emphasized that the rent stabilized spot, which is going for $2,240, means it’s a “win-win” for the tenant.“Rent stabilized! Rent stabilized,” he exclaimed, clapping for emphasis.“Everybody know what that means? It means you win and the landlord loses … it’s almost as though you own the place,” Eastwind said.He would tear down the drywall to expose the brick walls underneath, for example, and put some money into the tiny kitchen, Eastwind mused.He assured the spot, which boasts a backyard accessible through the bedroom window, is a steal for the neighborhood.Eastwind told The Post his goal is to be honest with renters and to make sure they know what they’re getting.“I’d rather be up front … Some people want a really hands-on landlord, others want a really hands-off one,” he said.

“I make sure I place the right tenants with the right landlord — that is my job.” The landlord does everything “by the book,” he insisted.“Everyone I work with does everything required by law, but that doesn’t mean ...

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Publisher: New York Post

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